Who are the
best and worst MPs

The Bruges Group has ranked Members of Parliament according to their voting
in the House of Commons. You can check how they voted on the key EU related
issues that came before them and see who are the genuine Eurosceptics and who
are Europhile. You can also let your Member of Parliament know what you think
of their voting record.

Here you can search according to each vote, each MP, each constituency and if
you do not know who your MP is you can enter your postcode.

A Comparative Analysis of three European Recoveries from the Great
Recession

The euro: an impediment to recovery

As recent elections in Greece and the European Parliament, as well as
deflationary pressures in the eurozone have shown, political and economic
volatility remain very present in the European Union. The rise of Eurosceptic
political movements begs fundamental questions about the viability of the
economic path imposed by the European Union on its member states. In this
study, Josef Filipowicz explores the economic recoveries of three European
states from the 2008 financial crisis. Full EU membership is in a large part
attributable to the poor response to the economic shocks shown by those
countries that have adopted the euro

The EUís attack on Britainís most successful industry

How is Britain to remain a well-paid, successful and influential
nation in the 21st century?

The UKís position as a world leader in the provision of international business
services is now under threat. The City of London is now in retreat, with
excessive and unfriendly EU regulation being largely to blame

But were afraid to ask

Learning the lessons from rebellion

Should Cameron secure re-election at the head of a minority or
slim-majority government, the ensuing Europe debate within the Conservative
Party is likely to be even more divisive than Maastricht. Understanding MPsí
behaviour on Europe will allow the pro-withdrawal faction to assess the
optimum methods of convincing MPs to side with them, as well as how to counter
the Europhile factionís attempts to poach their followers. The purpose of this
work is therefore to act as a case study for newer Eurosceptic MPs to
study

The three main parties debate

With the speakers;Douglas Carswell MP, UKIP Member of Parliament for
ClactonLord Stoddart of Swindon, Independent Labour Member of the
House of Lords& Gordon Henderson MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for
Sittingbourne and Sheppey

The Bruges Group is a think-tank which holds meetings, lobbies and produces
research on issues relating to Britainís membership of the European Union. Our
Founder President was the Rt Hon. the Baroness Thatcher

Since our foundation in 1989, following on from the Bruges speech made by the
then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, the Group has produced ground-breaking
research on issues relating to; the cost of the EU, payments to the EU,
immigration, the euro, the EU and the environment and EU corruption.

The Bruges Group also comments upon the many EU institutions, such as the
Brussels bureaucracy which includes; the European Commission, the European
Court of Justice, the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament. These
European institutions, and their bureaucrats, produce directives and
regulations which are a burden upon businesses and the economy.

Through its work against the treaties which establish and govern the
functioning of the European Union the Bruges Group spearheads the intellectual
battle against European integration, EU federalism, centralisation and
enlargement. The Bruges Group continues to consider issues relating to the
UKís withdrawal from the EU and the need to restore British sovereignty and
democracy. As such there should be a referendum on the EU.

The Group often comments on the Conservative Party and Europe; which remains
a contentious issue for the government.